Pocket-book.



(No Model.)

M. SCHEUER.

POCKET 800K.

Patented May 29, |900.

(Application led Apr.. 3, 1900.\

UNITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

MAX SCIIEUER, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 650,519, dated May 29, 1900.

Application filed April 3, 1900. Serial No, 11,290. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAX SCHEUER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pocket-book provided with a closing device that extends over its front flap parallel to its upper and lower edges and also over the gussets or folded ends of the pocket-book, so as to protect and reinforce the pockets.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a faeeview of my improved pocket-book; Fig. 2, a bottom view thereof; Fig. 3, an end view; Fig. 4, a longitudinal section through a modification, and Fig. 5 a bottom view of a further modification.

The letter A represents the body of a pocketbook, closed, as usual, by the front flap A. To the two ends of the pocket-book are secured by preferably elastic straps a. a pair of rigid eyes or rings h, which when the pocket-book is closed project over the gussets or folds of the pockets. To the eyes b are in turn fastened a pair of bands or ribbons c, which are adapted to be folded over the ap A parallel to its upper and lower edges. The bands c overlap at their free ends and are adapted to be connected by a suitable catch or fastening device d.

As the closing mechanism extends transversely across the gussets or folded ends of the pocket-book, which have generally been left unprotected, it will not only assist in preventingthe book from assuming a bulky form, but itwill also reinforce the pockets, which is of importance, especially after they have become somewhat worn. Finally the bands c permit the introduction of a handkerchief and enable the pocket-book to be carried the same as a finger-purse.

In Figs. l to 3 the eyesb are shown to be connected to the back Azof the pocket-book by the straps a. In Fig. 4t they are connected to the pocket-book frame B by means of eyes e, with which the frame-pivots e are provided. In Fig. 5 the eyes b are entirely dispensed with, and straps f, having the fastenings f', are connected directly to the back A2 of the pocket-book.

What I claim is 1. A pocket-book having bands that extend transversely across the folded ends or gussets of the pockets and over the front ap, and

means for connecting said bands, substantially as specified. 2. A pocket-book having a pair of rings that project over the folded ends or gussets of the pockets, bands connected to said rings and extending over the front flap, and means for connecting said bands, substantiallyas specied.

Signed by me at New York city, countyand State of New York, this 2d day of April, 1900.

MAX SCHEUER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, F. v. BRIESEN. 

